Killing the Rising Sun af Bill O'Reilly (Bog)

A chronicle of the Pacific Air War in World War II draws on interviews with surviving veterans of all duties to paint a detailed look at the war in the sky. Titel: Fire In The Sky Udgave: 1. udgave Genre: historie_samfund Sammendrag: Fire in the Sky fortæller den samlede historie om luftkrigen i det sydlige Stillehav under 2. Verdenskrig. Med udgangspunkt i arkivmateriale og interviews med overlevende veteraner fra alle tjenestegrene beskriver Eric M. Bergerud kampene over New Guinea, Salomonøerne og omkring de store hangarskibsoperationer. Bogen går i dybden med flytyper, doktriner, træning, baseforhold og samarbejdet mellem hær, flåde og marinekorps samt den japanske hærs og flådens luftstyrker. Læseren får både strategisk overblik og detaljerede skildringer af luftslag, dagligdag på baserne og de psykiske og fysiske belastninger for besætningerne. Værket fungerer både som samlet milit

The Making and Sinking of the World's Biggest Battleship A tribute to the men who achieved this engineering marvel and a testament to the excesses of bureaucratic militarism, "Battleship Musashi" recounts the human drama behind the building of the largest battleship in the world.of photos. of technical drawings. Titel: Battleship Musashi : The Making and Sinking of the World's Biggest Battleship Forlag: Kodansha International Udgivelsesår: 1999 Sider: 218 Sprog: Engelsk

With the infamy of Pearl Harbor still fresh in their minds, the men of the U.S. Pacific Fleet waited for the Japanese Imperial Navy at Midway Island. This time, however, the element of surprise had shifted, and the American troops would be the victors of a battle that marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific. Like At Dawn We Slept, Miracle at Midway brings together eyewitness accounts from the men who commanded and the men who fought on both sides. The sweeping narrative takes you into the thick of action and shows exactly how American strategies and decisions led to the triumphant victory and the crushing defeat of Japan. Titel: Miracle at Midway Forfatter: Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon Udgivelsesår: 2002 Sider: 469 Sprog: Engelsk

The No.1 New York Times Bestseller In January 1961, as the cold war escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of communism while he learns the hardships, solitude and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. At the same time, JFK acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Allen Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Then, in the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, a sequence of gunshots kills a beloved president and sends America into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath. A page-turner from beginning to end, Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of Camelot, bringing history to life fifty years after the most notorious crime of the twentieth century. 'Immersively written . . . A powerful historical

Features all the major battles and campaigns of World War II, from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the defeat of Japan in 1945. Specially commissioned maps are accompanied by action photographs and detailed annotation. Titel: Atlas of world war II Forlag: Silverdale Books Udgivelsesår: 2004 Sider: 256 Sprog: Engelsk

Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 An account of the 1944 Battle of the Bulge between Allied forces and Hitler's surviving army describes how Germany broke through Allied lines in the Ardennes Forest, sparking a ten-day conflict that proved pivotal to the war's outcome. Titel: 11 days in December : Christmas at the Bulge, 1944 Forlag: Free Press Udgivelsesår: 2006 Sider: 225 Sprog: Engelsk

In the Name of the Last Survivors Titel: Omaha Udgivelsesår: 2004 Sider: 221 Sprog: Engelsk

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